AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Hampshire > Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twin) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 69637 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twin) |
Locality: | Moat Mountain, Oliver Diggings, Hale's Location, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire |
Description: | Doubly-terminated lustrous smoky quartz crystal with fragments of white microcline included in the bottom termination. The smoky quartz crystal has suture patterns on the prism faces indicating it is twinned following the Dauphiné Law of quartz twinning. Ex. Betts #341; collected by Peter Samuelson in 1993 |
Overall Size: | 8x3x2.3 cm |
Crystals: | 80 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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